2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Geography Major
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Geography Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Other Geography is the 764th most popular major in the country with 341 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Geography Major” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in geography. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their geography program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Geography Major
The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree other geography students.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Geography
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Geography Major. USF Tampa is a large public school situated in Tampa, Florida. It awarded 7 doctorate’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Read full report on Other Geography at University of South Florida - Main Campus
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Geography Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #2 spot on the list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s geography degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Other Geography at Temple University
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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